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Chicagoans looking for new COVID-19 shot face supply issues, insurance hiccups

Some large hospital systems in Chicago don’t have vaccines available yet, despite the doses being approved weeks ago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Flu-COVID combo vaccines on the horizon

Moderna announces plans to move a novel vaccine design into its final stage of development

Salon

Updated COVID-19 shot slowly rolls out in Texas, but access is spotty

Doses aren’t arriving at providers’ offices at uniform, predictable intervals. Shipments are largely dependent on individual providers’ ability to work out the logistics of ordering, stocking, training and paperwork.

The Texas Tribune

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Education savings accounts and illegal immigration will be part of third special legislative session’s focus

Gov. Greg Abbott announced the items lawmakers can consider when they return Monday. His agenda also includes COVID vaccine mandates and the Colony Ridge development outside Houston.

The Texas Tribune

Does Medicare cover vaccines? The new rules for shots that protect against COVID, flu, RSV, and more

Since immune systems weaken as we age, vaccinations are especially important for older adults to avoid potential complications from common illnesses.

Fortune

Fall COVID-19 update: Will there be a new surge? Who should get the new mRNA vaccines? Are they safe and effective?

It’s been almost four years since the first human cases of COVID-19 infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 were reported.

The Conversation

Big Pharma slowed vaccine development

A vaccine against tuberculosis has never been closer to reality. But development slowed due to corporate interests

Salon

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New malaria vaccine: no silver bullet but an important step towards eradication

In what was very big news for global health, this week the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended a new vaccine for the prevention of malaria in children, called R21/Matrix-M.

The Conversation

Novavax COVID-19 vaccine approved

Vaccine uses different technology than Moderna and Pfizer's mRNA targeting strategy

Salon

Experimental Vaccine Sends Immune Cells Into ‘Incredible Hulk Mode’ To Fight Hospital Superbugs

A single shot of the vaccine could protect against antibiotic-resistant infections, including MRSA, according to new research.

Zenger

'I wouldn't wish it upon anyone': horrors of meningococcal

'I was given a less than 5 per cent chance of survival.'

Newcastle Herald

Understaffing complaints, overwhelmed nurses, and unfair pay: Kaiser healthcare strike gets underway

Kaiser serves nearly 13 million patients, who will remain a ‘top priority’ as the strike unfolds, the hospital system said

The Independent UK

In a first in the country, BBMP to administer five-in-one vaccine to stray dogs in Bengaluru

For the first time in the country for any civic body, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will administer a five-in-one vaccine for stray canines to protect them from five diseases, including the highly contagious canine distemper virus.

The Hindu

Anti-vax conspiracists believe a phone alert will trigger zombie apocalypse

QAnon is behind the rumour, with UK conspiracy theorists also worried about 5G and vaccines

Evening Standard

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The Hindu

Why is the R21/Matrix malaria vaccine being called ‘revolutionary’? | Explained

The R21/Matrix malaria vaccine is 75% effective in reducing episodes over a year, can be manufactured at scale, and is cost-effective. It has the potential to reduce the burden of malaria in Africa and beyond.

The Independent UK

University of Pennsylvania slammed for celebrating Nobel prize of vaccine researcher it once demoted

University once reportedly discouraged Katalin Karikó from pursuing mRNA research that later helped create Covid vaccines

The Guardian - UK

The new malaria vaccine will prevent many deaths – but it’s by no means the end of the disease

The new R21/Matrix-M vaccine will be far more easily available than the first vaccine – but the reality of life in Africa will blunt its impact

WEKU

A 'dream' come true: Now there are 2 vaccines to slash the frightful toll of malaria

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.Tedros, says he used to "dream of the day when we would have a ... vaccine against malaria. Now, we have two."

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The Conversation

'We could eradicate malaria by 2040' says expert after revolutionary vaccine is approved by WHO

The World Health Organization has approved a new vaccine that scientists argue will be a game-changer in the fight against malaria, which kills half a million people in Africa every year. Trials have shown that the R21/Matrix vaccine, developed by Oxford University together with the Serum Institute of India, reduces…

The Hindu

The trouble with a Nobel for mRNA COVID vaccines

The mRNA vaccine story during the COVID-19 pandemic placed an extraordinary premium on altruism on the part of scientists

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on malaria vaccines: life-saving tools that are sorely needed

Editorial: Deaths from the disease have risen in recent years, but the toll can and must be cut through a variety of measures

The Conversation

The long road to a new malaria vaccine, told by the scientists behind the breakthrough – podcast

The world has waited decades for a malaria vaccine, and now two have come along in quick succession. On October 2, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that a new malaria vaccine, R21, developed by the University of Oxford be rolled out for the prevention of malaria in children, just…

The Times of India

Scientists behind mRNA COVID vaccine get Nobel Prize: Facts to know

The Nobel Prize 2023 in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet said on October 2.

Dynamite News

WHO recommends Malaria vaccine made by Oxford University and Serum Institute of India

To date, the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine has been licensed for use in Ghana, Nigeria and Burkina Faso. Read further on Dynamite News

The Conversation

Tenacious curiosity in the lab can lead to a Nobel Prize – mRNA research exemplifies the unpredictable value of basic scientific research

The 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will go to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discovery that modifying mRNA – a form of genetic material your body uses to produce proteins – could reduce unwanted inflammatory responses and allow it to be delivered into cells. While the…

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